Catcher



A. BRIGD EN. msecf CATCHERf APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, I921.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922;

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Amali 155mm;be mtmemmlt wg specificationtof .citi'zeniof the United States" of'Arnerica; re-

siding t Birmingham; in the :connty -"iof Jefferson and State :of-

Alabama; have; mven'tecl certain} new 'and useful ,Improve ments in insect Catchers; off Which theffollowing-is 'specificationl Myfinvention "relates to 1 insect catchers 1 ot the type-comprising a :Whe'el SUppOrtedp lGCGPtlOH of a bolt 8 'fwhichfpassingy-j across "frame 'carrying' spaced collecting trou hs f and mechanism "in the fi -ame' for dislodgmg ithe insects from the plants and causingacross the top of the frame; ml, in' diagg 'onalrel ationship on-each side of the framei the a manner "of connecting the. side supports to"the susp'enclecl frame,

3 with'thei' Y I I overhead*by a "scnew bolt 20 wlith setxnutsi on each end which byfidtawin'g the npper 1 40. spring-support broken away.

heacl spring support:

a part ofth'is specific'ationyancl "in which:;-

"chine.

only I of the springsjin 'positlon;

them to fall into the troughs;

V More particnlarly my present" invention" is an improvement on the insect catcher forming the subject 'mattef ?of my pending application, Serial No. 1:76AM, filed' 'the' 10th clay of-Jnn'e, 1921; "ancl thchief objects of this invention are. to simplify and perfect the ush'apeclframe froni' which thes'h-ali mgand collect ng" 'r'nec'hanismis' suspended and to. improve the I type of plant" shaking fingers by the -utilization; Of tightly- 'coileidj springs."

' A further obj ect "is to improve themanner of mounting and-sett ng these-springs both tent-ion Twill beibest understood byirefei'ence g to thc accompanying drawings which 5 form" Fig. *1 is =21 plan view ofmyimproved e.

Fig, Q'is a i'ea-i'endelevation-ofyFigfI; Fig; 3 enlarged .(letall-plan View of 31 i"g.:4' elevation=of Fig.

Fig fi i's a cletail-VieW-wofthe center transverse "overhead sp1t1ng; suppo'rt with; part Fig. 6;' is a partial plan View of the over? SimilaYreference-numeralsTrefef 'to sim'ie' loent metal barsl ancl- 2 bolted toget e1 v overhead and having their adjacent' side members at each side of-themachine disposed 'in vertical spacecli parallelism and connected at their lower ends by an axle bolt 8 which is screwedinto both and car- 5 wee-m ets 'of 'the support afi'ame I mounta ,guicl'e plate 6 notched on'opposite slcleswlii ch oVe dang Q them apart will cause 'thei lowerends; to approach or spread apart so asi to-obtain the necessary "adjustment for-{the collectingi a tom curved encls-iof these:bars;' Tlie for- 1921-. se ial NoEAseQQ E *vr ei ypom frame 'memhers ging spaced Tela'ti s1 the: loolt iwhlchf, on "its: overhnng Ye" v 7 ports a whe'el 5. In the centee; of thfe the frame' meinlccrs an'd form gni'des fon l the {Ush'ap.ecl strap 7 which i at its 'low'f fend supports J-the collecting -frame 1 tincl which is e provided Withiaseries'of bolt' holes' fonthe ft hetop' of the plate l ancl canbe moneclfto e adjust the height at l-"iich the n'spe'nel fr'ameis suppo'rteclg' f The suspended fr'amei proper comprisesfa'f;

pair of parallelovcrheacl si'cle p'ipes 9 'iwhi'ch tare cross connected 1 at 1 intervals by ficrossi ba1s'10: These cross bars ai e clis'posecl- 1 1'1tler fthe'gpipes 9, assho'wn in "Figs;- 3 and ancl 'f ha ve' interposecl'gbetween each -0ftheir ends and the'r pipes 9 the. upper. angled jend- I1 of aspring supp'orhban 12:

13 is utilized-to connect: each spring (support ancl 'crosslb'a'rito' a pipe-9 and it-WiII-be' ob seryecl that the-angled end ll of-t'h'e spring-n supjoort is. provided, {With an extra lo'ol'ti hole b215 lfl insteacl *of 'at' 'an' angle thereto as shown in- F 3 Where the ontet bolt hole; 1 infithe .en cli llj'is used for boltl The sup-1 1) ext 'bar l2 is ai straight han wliich hangsyertica'll'y and.has'connectetl thereto by bolts 15 a spring clamp plate -16 piovidecl at in I tervals with' oo'ckets' l'ff, each shaped tofre-" g ceivea tightly'coilecl spring l fwhich" Will-' form shaker tinge-n!" I'fattach to -th( -fo'1-"" Ward anal-Teal ends Oflihl) pipes. 9 upright ends of I these bars together or spreading" 1 troughsflf whiehm-e "supported by the bot-'- part of my other application and is not claimed herein. I

Across the center of the suspended frame I provide a spring support shown in Figs.

and 6, which comprises a straight bar 25 and aspr'ing clamp bar 26, both of which are disposed with the wide faces in vertical planes so as to support the vertical depending spring shaker fingers 27. -The' strap 7 is contracted at its lower end and bolted to the center of these two bars 25 and 26, as shown more clearly in Fig. (3, and a t the outer ends of the plate 26 I provide seats 28 to receive bolts 29 which attach this center spring supportto the pipes 9. The-spring supporting bars are flexible and attached only overhead so that they can yield and thus reduce the chance of injury to the plants. The suspended frame'is provided with handles 80 which are suitably connected rand braced to its rear end, thus v enabling it to be rocked about its aXial supports in order to give the forward, ends of the troughs the desired elevation.

It is to be understood that, if desired, the

present shaker equipment have incor-' porated with it the other shaking and collecting media disclosed in my pending application aforesaid.

In operation, having adjusted thetroughs the .position'oit the nutson the bolts 20 j and havin set the s rin suoaorts 1.2 and 25 in operating position, the apparatus is ready for use, the collecting frame being free to swing laterally from the hanger 7 and to be rocked in a. longitudinal plane about the wheel axes so as to accommodate it to the rowot plants. As the plants pass between the troughs they are engagedby thespring shaker fingers 18- and 27 and the fingers on the several hanger spring sup ports 12 can be disposed in any desired relative relationship so as to insureall portions ot' the plants being struck and eat fectively shaken while traversing the machine. The insects dislodged. by the shaker fingers on the plants will be collected by the troughs and can be destroyed in any well known manner.

The frame construction is light, flexible claims. Having thus by Letters Patent, is F- 1. In an insect catcher, .a frame work hav ing spaced collecting troughs at the bottom and anumber of vertical spring' bars at tached only 'at-theirupper ends to the frame,

and having spring fingers projecting horizonta-lly inwardly therefrom "above the troughs.

2. An insect catcher in accordance with claim 1, in which the frame comprises trans verse top members .wlncli-said spring bars are bent to overlie, and. means to. detachdescribed my invention, whatl cla m as new and ClGSlfG to secure ably connect the bars to; said cross imem- V bers.

claim 1, in which each spring bar is mounted by asingle attaching bolt'to perm1t the fingers thereon to be; swung about the bolt into and out of operating position adjusted position. I

4. Inan insect catching machine, a portable frame comprising overhead members,

vertically disposed flexible shaker-supportand horizontally disposed spring shaker fingers connected to eachsupport.

5. In an insect catching machine of the character described in claim 4,- in which each otsaid supports comprises metallic bars, one of which is angled at its top for connection by a vertical pivot'bolt to the frame and the other ofwhich is shaped to receive the row of spring. fingers to be carried by said support, and means to. clamp the two bars of each support together.

6. In an insect catcher, a top frame com= .prlsing longitudinal side members and cross connections, vertical spring supports having their upper ends angled and interposed between the cross connections and to said bars, and a bolt connecting said three elements together, the angled end of the spring supp ort having a bolt hole therethrough su'fliciently spaced from its verticalbody portion to permit it to rock about the boltas a vertical axis to setdiagonally ot theframe,

and means to clamp the spring fingers to said sprmg supports.

In testimony whereoi l afiix my signature.

Witness a NOM E Wnrsn.

3. An insect catcher in accordance with and tobe clamped thereby in the desired ARTHUR BRIGDEN. 

